See the top network security vendors ranked by protection, coverage and scalability. Compare Fortinet, Palo Alto Networks, Cisco and Check Point to choose wisely.
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See the top network security vendors ranked by protection, coverage and scalability. Compare Fortinet, Palo Alto Networks, Cisco and Check Point to choose wisely.
Not sure which to pick? See the top 3 side by side: FortiNAC, Google Cloud Armor, Cisco Secure Firewall.
Compare the top 3
Deployment
Cloud
Integrations
FortiGate, FortiSwitch, FortiAP +4
Target Users
Enterprise, SMB, Financial services, Healthcare, Government, Education, Manufacturing, Retail, Technology, Service providers
Google Cloud Armor covers layer 7 filtering, DDoS mitigation and OWASP Top 10 rules for web application defense and bot mitigation. Compare top Network Security tools.
Deployment
Cloud, Hybrid
Integrations
Cloud Load Balancing, Compute Engine, GKE +3
Target Users
Financial Services, Retail, Healthcare, Media, Cross-industry, Public Sector
Cisco Secure Firewall from Cisco focuses on perimeter threat defense. Key capabilities: URL filtering. Compare it with the leading Firewall alternatives.
Deployment
Cloud, On-Premise
Integrations
Cisco Security Cloud Control, Cisco ISE, Cisco Secure Workload +4
Target Users
Cross-industry, Government, Financial Services, Healthcare, Energy, Manufacturing, Retail
Palo Alto Prisma SD-WAN helps teams with MPLS replacement. Explore features like bandwidth aggregation, appliance or cloud deployment and the closest SD-WAN competitors.
Deployment
Cloud, On-Premise
Integrations
Prisma Access, ServiceNow, Microsoft Teams +5
Target Users
Cross-industry, Retail Chains, Financial Services, Healthcare, Distributed Enterprises
Versa Secure SD-WAN covers dynamic path selection and application-aware routing for branch WAN modernization and MPLS cost reduction. Compare top SD-WAN tools.
Deployment
Cloud, On-Premise
Integrations
Versa Director, Versa Concerto, AWS +4
Target Users
Retail, Financial Services, Healthcare, Manufacturing, Service Providers
Looking for Network Security software? AWS Network Access Analyzer by AWS provides route table analysis for perimeter access auditing. Compare features and alternatives.
Deployment
Cloud
Integrations
Amazon VPC, AWS Organizations, AWS CloudTrail +2
Target Users
Cross-industry, Financial Services, Healthcare, Government, Enterprise, Technology
What does Check Point CloudGuard Network Security do? It covers IPS. See typical use cases, cloud, appliance or hybrid deployment and how it compares to rivals.
Deployment
Cloud, Hybrid
Integrations
AWS Transit Gateway, Azure Virtual WAN, GCP Cloud Router +2
Target Users
Banking, Government, Healthcare, Telecommunications, Cross-industry, Finance
ConnectSecure: continuous vulnerability scanning and automated asset discovery. Built for MSP security delivery. Compare Vulnerability Management alternatives.
Deployment
SaaS, Cloud, Hybrid
Integrations
ConnectWise, Datto Autotask, Kaseya +3
Target Users
Managed Service Providers (MSPs), IT Services, Financial, Healthcare, Managed Service Providers, IT Consulting, Financial Services, SMBs
TXOne Edge by TXOne Networks: virtual patching. Ideal for ICS network segmentation. Deployment: on-premises. See how it compares with top Network Security alternatives.
Deployment
On-Premise
Integrations
TXOne EdgeOne, TXOne Stellar, SIEM via syslog +1
Target Users
Manufacturing, Energy & Utilities, Oil & Gas, Semiconductors, Healthcare, Transportation
Looking for Firewall software? Cloudflare Magic Firewall by Cloudflare provides stateful inspection for branch office network security. Compare features and alternatives.
Deployment
Cloud
Integrations
Cloudflare Magic Transit, Magic WAN, Terraform +2
Target Users
Enterprise, Financial Services, Retail, Government, Telecom, Healthcare, Telecommunications
Auvik built Auvik TrafficInsights for capacity planning. Explore conversation analysis, review on-premises deployment and compare similar Network Security products.
Deployment
SaaS, Cloud, On-Premise
Integrations
Auvik Network Management, Cisco, Fortinet +3
Target Users
MSPs, IT Teams, Education, Healthcare, Retail
Looking for Microsegmentation software? Akamai Guardicore Segmentation by Akamai provides legacy OS support for legacy server security. Compare features and alternatives.
Deployment
SaaS, Cloud, Hybrid
Integrations
Kubernetes, OpenShift, VMware +4
Target Users
Financial Services, Healthcare, Manufacturing, Tech, Retail, Banking & Finance, E-commerce, Technology
Barracuda CloudGen Firewall from Barracuda Networks focuses on firewall / NGFW. Key capabilities: multi-cloud SD-WAN. Compare it with the leading Firewall alternatives.
Deployment
Cloud, On-Premise
Integrations
Barracuda Cloud Control, AWS, Azure +1
Target Users
Enterprise, Retail, Branch Networks
Looking for Kubernetes Security software? Cilium by Isovalent provides BGP routing and multi-cluster mesh for layer 7 API filtering. Compare features and alternatives.
Deployment
Cloud, On-Premise
Integrations
Kubernetes, OpenShift, Prometheus +4
Target Users
Technology, Financial Services, Telecommunications, Healthcare, E-commerce, Media, Retail
ColorTokens Xassure helps teams with regulatory compliance. Explore features like policy simulation, cloud or hybrid deployment and the closest Zero Trust competitors.
Deployment
SaaS, Cloud, Hybrid
Integrations
ColorTokens Xshield, AWS, Microsoft Azure +3
Target Users
Banking & Finance, Healthcare, Manufacturing, Retail, Critical Infrastructure
What does Corelight Sensors do? It covers log streaming and zeek protocol parsing. See typical use cases, appliance or cloud deployment and how it compares to rivals.
Deployment
Cloud, On-Premise
Integrations
Corelight Fleet Manager, Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel +2
Target Users
Enterprise SOC, Data Centers, Telecommunications, Financial, Defense
What does Forescout eyeInspect do? It covers zero downtime risk. See typical use cases, on-premises or hybrid deployment and how it compares to rivals.
Deployment
Hybrid, On-Premise
Integrations
Forescout eyeSight, Splunk, IBM QRadar +3
Target Users
Manufacturing, Energy, Utilities, Oil & Gas, Critical Infrastructure, Chemical
Evaluating HPE Aruba Networking Central? See how this Network Security tool handles firmware compliance, where it fits best and which alternatives to compare.
Deployment
SaaS, Cloud
Integrations
Aruba ClearPass, ServiceNow, Splunk +3
Target Users
Healthcare, Higher Education, Retail, Financial Services, Manufacturing, Banking
Looking for Zero Trust software? Illumio Core by Illumio provides ransomware containment for ransomware lateral movement containment. Compare features and alternatives.
Deployment
SaaS, Cloud, Hybrid
Integrations
ServiceNow, Splunk, IBM QRadar +3
Target Users
Financial Services, Healthcare, Government, Manufacturing, Retail, Energy, Critical Infrastructure
Quick answers about Top Network Security Vendors.
Top Network Security Vendors currently lists 19 products, in editorial order: #1 FortiNAC (Fortinet), #2 Google Cloud Armor, #3 Cisco Secure Firewall, #4 Palo Alto Prisma SD-WAN (Palo Alto Networks), #5 Versa Secure SD-WAN (Versa Networks), #6 AWS Network Access Analyzer, #7 Check Point CloudGuard Network Security, #8 ConnectSecure, #9 TXOne Edge (TXOne Networks), #10 Cloudflare Magic Firewall, #11 Auvik TrafficInsights, #12 Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, #13 Barracuda CloudGen Firewall (Barracuda Networks), #14 Cilium (Isovalent), #15 ColorTokens Xassure, #16 Corelight Sensors, #17 Forescout eyeInspect, #18 HPE Aruba Networking Central, #19 Illumio Core.
FortiNAC by Fortinet is ranked first by the Cyber Rank editorial team.
View FortiNAC →The Cyber Rank editorial team selects the products on this list and decides their order after reviewing each product's features, deployment options, integrations, industry fit and vendor background. It is not a market-share or customer-review ranking.
Products that our editors picked for Network Security and that have a published Cyber Rank profile.
Yes. Editors can list a product in any ranking where it is a strong fit, so it may appear in several.